No, I will not be sitting for the Certified Cicerone test this week.

The decision was made last week when the deadline to sign up for the test passed.

The dominoes started long before that……
While I feel I did enough reading….I failed to do the memorization required to remember many of the details of the styles such as SRM/IBU/abv
I failed to pass the beer judge certification entrance online exam. This told me that I wasn’t ready for the Certified Cicerone exam.

What’s next?
Studying begins in earnest for the BJCP entrance exam(the one I failed) and the BJCP tasting exam that takes place here in Madison in November.
The window of opportunity to take the Certified Cicerone test opens up again early next year.

Cheers!

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I am jealous of your terrific palate, and your general beer knowledge is superb. Studying for BJCP will make a huge difference in filling in the gaps. Focus on the “normal” day-to-day beer styles. Avoid the whalez. Take a list of beers listed in the BJCP style guidelines as Commercial Examples with you whenever you go to a bar or restaurant, and ask the bartender for a flight of beers off of that list, and tell him why you don’t want to know what the beers are until after you have a chance to guess. Write up a BJCP score sheet for at least one beer each week–more would be better. You got this. I can’t wait to welcome you to our ranks!